महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-149, verse-78

तत्रासञ्शिल्पिनः प्राज्ञाः शतशो दत्तवेतनाः ।
सर्वोपकरणैर्युक्ता वैद्याश्च सुविशारदाः ॥७८॥

78. tatrāsañśilpinaḥ prājñāḥ śataśo dattavetanāḥ ,
sarvopakaraṇairyuktā vaidyāśca suviśāradāḥ.

78. tatra āsan śilpinaḥ prājñāḥ śataśaḥ datta-vetanāḥ
sarva-upakaraṇaiḥ yuktāḥ vaidyāḥ ca su-viśāradāḥ

78. tatra śataśaḥ datta-vetanāḥ prājñāḥ śilpinaḥ (āsan)
sarva-upakaraṇaiḥ yuktāḥ ca su-viśāradāḥ vaidyāḥ (āsan)

78. There were hundreds of skilled and well-paid craftsmen, fully equipped with all necessary tools, and also highly expert physicians.

78. היו שם מאות בעלי מלאכה מיומנים שקיבלו שכר, וגם רופאים מומחים מאוד שצוידו בכל הכלים.

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• आसन् (āsan) - were, they were

• शिल्पिनः (śilpinaḥ) - craftsmen, artisans, artists

• प्राज्ञाः (prājñāḥ) - skillful in their craft (wise, discerning, intelligent, skillful)

• शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, hundreds of

• दत्त-वेतनाः (datta-vetanāḥ) - well-paid (whose wages were given, paid, salaried)

• सर्व-उपकरणैः (sarva-upakaraṇaiḥ) - with all necessary tools (with all equipment, with all implements)

• युक्ताः (yuktāḥ) - equipped (with the tools) (furnished, equipped, joined, engaged)

• वैद्याः (vaidyāḥ) - physicians, doctors, learned men

• च (ca) - and, also

• सु-विशारदाः (su-viśāradāḥ) - very expert, highly skilled

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

आसन् (āsan) - were, they were

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

शिल्पिनः (śilpinaḥ) - craftsmen, artisans, artists

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śilpin

śilpin - craftsman, artisan, artist, sculptor

प्राज्ञाः (prājñāḥ) - skillful in their craft (wise, discerning, intelligent, skillful)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prājña

prājña - wise, intelligent, knowing, skillful

शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, hundreds of

(indeclinable)

Suffix -śaḥ appended to 'śata' (hundred)

दत्त-वेतनाः (datta-vetanāḥ) - well-paid (whose wages were given, paid, salaried)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of datta-vetana

datta-vetana - having received wages, paid

Compound type : bahuvrihi (datta+vetana)

• datta – given, granted, placed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From dā (to give)
  Root: dā (class 3)
• vetana – wage, pay, salary
  noun (neuter)

सर्व-उपकरणैः (sarva-upakaraṇaiḥ) - with all necessary tools (with all equipment, with all implements)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of sarvopakaraṇa

sarvopakaraṇa - all implements or accessories

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+upakaraṇa)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective
• upakaraṇa – implement, tool, accessory, means
  noun (neuter)
  From upa-kṛ (to do, prepare)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

युक्ताः (yuktāḥ) - equipped (with the tools) (furnished, equipped, joined, engaged)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yukta

yukta - joined, united, endowed with, engaged in, appropriate, proper

Past Passive Participle

From root yuj (to join, connect)

Root: yuj (class 7)

वैद्याः (vaidyāḥ) - physicians, doctors, learned men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vaidya

vaidya - physician, doctor, learned man, skilled

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सु-विशारदाः (su-viśāradāḥ) - very expert, highly skilled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of suviśārada

suviśārada - very clever, highly skilled, expert

Compound type : tatpurusha (su+viśārada)

• su – good, well, very
  prefix
• viśārada – expert, skilled, clever, discerning
  adjective

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